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Acts 17

Acts 17:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
thou bringest
eisphero (Greek #1533)
to carry inward (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring (in), lead into.
Pronounce: ice-fer'-o
Origin: from 1519 and 5342
certain
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
h strange
xenizo (Greek #3579)
to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange
KJV usage: entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.
Pronounce: xen-id'-zo
Origin: from 3581
things to
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
our
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
ears
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
akoe (Greek #189)
hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard)
KJV usage: audience, ear, fame, which ye heard, hearing, preached, report, rumor.
Pronounce: ak-o-ay'
Origin: from 191
: we would
boulomai (Greek #1014)
to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing
KJV usage: be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will (-ing). Compare 2309.
Pronounce: boo'-lom-ahee
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb
know
ginosko (Greek #1097)
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
KJV usage: allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.
Pronounce: ghin-oce'-ko
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb
therefore
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
what
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
these things
tauta (Greek #5023)
these things
KJV usage: + afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.
Pronounce: tow'-tah
Origin: nominative or accusative case neuter plural of 3778
mean
thelo (Greek #2309)
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas 1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
KJV usage: desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).
Pronounce: thel'-o
Origin: or ἐθέλω (eth-el'-o), in certain tenses θελέω (thel-eh'-o), and ἐθελέω (eth-el-eh'-o), which are otherwise obsolete apparently strengthened from the alternate form of 138
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an (Greek #302)
a primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty
KJV usage: (what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever. Usually unexpressed except by the subjunctive or potential mood. Also contracted for 1437.
Pronounce: an
einai (Greek #1511)
to exist
KJV usage: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Pronounce: i'-nahee
Origin: present infinitive from 1510
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Hos. 8:12•  (Hos. 8:12)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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strange.
Hos. 8:12•  (Hos. 8:12)
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Matt. 19:23‑25• 23{i}And Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say unto you, A rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the heavens;{/i}
 24{i}and again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to enter a needle's eye than a rich man into the kingdom of God.{/i}
 25{i}And when the disciples heard [it] they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?{/i} (Matt. 19:23‑25)
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Mark 10:24‑26• 24{i}And the disciples were amazed at his words.{/i} And Jesus answers again, and says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
 25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
 26And they were exceedingly astonished, saying to one another, And who can be saved? (Mark 10:24‑26)
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John 6:60• 60Many therefore of his disciples on having heard said, This word is hard: who can hear it? (John 6:60)
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John 7:35‑36• 35The Jews therefore said unto each other, Where is this [man] about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go unto the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
 36What is this word which he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find ; and where I am, ye cannot come? (John 7:35‑36)
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1 Cor. 1:18,23• 18For the word of the cross is to those that perish foolishness, but to us that are to be saved it is God's power.
 23but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to Gentiles foolishness, (1 Cor. 1:18,23)
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1 Cor. 2:14• 14But [the] natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he cannot know [them] because they are spiritually examined; (1 Cor. 2:14)
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Heb. 5:11• 11Of whom we have much to say and hard to be interpreted in speaking, since ye have become dull of hearing. (Heb. 5:11)
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1 Peter 4:4• 4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of profligacy, speaking injuriously, (1 Peter 4:4)
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Acts 2:12• 12And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this? (Acts 2:12)
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Acts 10:17• 17And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that had been sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate, (Acts 10:17)
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Mark 9:10• 10And they kept that saying, questioning among themselves what rising from among the dead was. (Mark 9:10)
• Till conscience is awakened, what groundwork can there be? Otherwise the gospel is degraded into another new thing, and Jesus and the resurrection become the latest additions to the Pantheon of heathen vanities. (“Acts 17:16-34” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

W. Kelly Translation

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For thou bringest certain strange things unto our ears; we wish to know therefore what these things mean.